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Eat First Chinese Food
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2020
- address3337 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Eat First Chinese Food clean?
Eat First Chinese Food is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 8, 2020. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Eat First Chinese Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER DAMAGE ON CEILING TILES IN KITCHEN PREP AREA NEAR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND ABOVE PREP COOLERS. MUST REPAIR.
- 🤒staff working while sickcriticalProcedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED SUPPLIES MISSING FROM VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP KIT. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES AS OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD ITEMS AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE: TWO CARTONS OF SHELLED EGGS SITTING OUT ON COUNTER FOUND AT 74.6F, ONE GLASS JAR FILLED WITH SHELLED EGGS ON COUNTER FOUND AT 73.5F, CHICKEN FOUND AT 71.2F, BEEF FOUND AT 73.7F, AND SHRIMP FOUND AT 74.5F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER COLD HOLDING FOOD ITEMS MUST BE STORED AT 41.0F AND BELOW. MANAGER DISCARDED FOOD IMMEDIATELY. ALL FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS AT A COST OF $125.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED TORN GASKET IN PREP COOLER NEAR COOKING LINE. MUST REPAIR.
When was Eat First Chinese Food last inspected?
Eat First Chinese Food has 21 inspections on record going back to May 7, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| September 8, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 8, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 29, 2018 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 31, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 24, 2017 | Fail | |
| May 24, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 24, 2015 | Pass |
Eat First Chinese Food vs Avondale
Avondale runs 64% clean across 679 tracked restaurants — 432 clean, 111 mid, 133 cooked.
Against the 679 spots Cooked tracks in Avondale, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 8, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.